National Attitudes Toward Living Kidney Donation in the United States: Results of a Public Opinion Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Understanding national attitudes about living kidney donation will enable us to identify and address existing disincentives to living kidney donation. We performed a national survey to describe living kidney donation perceptions, perceived factors that affect the willingness to donate, and analyzed differences by demographic subgroups.

Study design

The survey items captured living kidney donation awareness, living kidney donation knowledge, willingness to donate, and barriers and facilitators to living kidney donation.

Setting & population

We surveyed 802 US adults (aged 25-65 years) in June 2021, randomly selected from an online platform with diverse representation.

Analytical approach

We developed summed, scaled indices to assess the ass

SUBMITTER: Kaplow K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10906424 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature